by candjwv » Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:18 am
We just got back from Pearl, and had a few "strange" things happen as far as security is concerned...
As soon as we got there, I checked our doors. The sliding glass door (Master Suite) appeared to latch, but a gentle tug on the door made it pop right open. If I hadn't been paranoid based on the above posts, I would have completely missed this. I found a maintenance guy (who spoke no English) and demonstrated the problem. He had it fixed in 5 minutes, including running back to some place to look for a part. To me, that was awfully "convenient". I would not have expected them to have a random door latch part in stock as part of their maintenance kit. I also would not have expected him to even understand what I was trying to demonstrate since we spoke different languages. It seemed to me that he had seen this "problem" before.
Later, we found that the safe "mysteriously" changed combinations, with our passports inside. I had to have security come and open the safe (which took 3 minutes) so I could change our combination back. It's possible that we typed in the wrong combo, but I use the same number every time, so I'm certain what it was supposed to be. I also tried several "typo" versions of the code (using a button above or below) and those didn't work either. So, the code had changed to something far from our standard code.
And yes, as stated above, the safe in our room was not attached to anything. I assumed that the safe had been swapped for an empty one, but fortunately, our stuff was inside once it was opened.
Then, when we came back to the room from the beach one day, somehow the security bar got set on the door, and we couldn't get in. Again, we had to have security open the door (with a screwdriver). My wife admits that it may have been her who set it (and then left via the patio) but with the other weirdness going on, I wonder.
So, I fully admit we may have been paranoid, but the non-locking patio door was a definite problem, and I give a 95% certainty that we didn't screw up the safe. In the end, nothing was taken, but you should still use caution.
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TTR: 11/10 - 11/15, 2015
DP: 7/29 - 8/3, 2016
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